JUDY BUSWELL

The majority of Buswell's artwork features flowers or gardens -- a universally appealing theme that accounts in part for her vast and growing popularity. But there is more to it than that, and for many people, the appeal is hard to put into words; they just know that they love her art. For some it is the vividness of her colors; for others, it's the familiarity or nostalgia the images evoke, and the sense that the images come straight from the heart.